New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-04
FORTUNES ON THE TURF.
WHERE RACEGoERs DEPOSIT THEIR
MONEY.
NOW THEY DO IT AND wHY-roLLowERs on GAR
RrsoN AND M'LAUGHLiN.

HOW THEY DO 1T AND WhI-EVbIV"AA'9 W $500
RIsoN AND MLAUGHLIN.
wvo ch.r.ctAristics distinguish the average race
uoe.-aJnpatenco and crcdullty. Nine betting men
put of ton believe anything you tel them aeou' 'no
jsA,nces Of horse, and not one man In twenty COL
1esst the temptation to bet on every race ING Poi-
son who has the faculty Of waiting ls the ohiy WV
who holds his own with the bookmnkerss hcav9
h.tto wait for what they consider sure things for
svep in bore rncing the thing docs have us usy
According to the law Of chances IT couid no. "
ethe,wise II the Dwyets depended on s'ake wn'', NV.
None for tho support Of their extensive s'aeio ny
would soon DO compelled to sell Hanover iAo ~
vtncblo con of Hindoo Will win this year, In rounu
sAhor. s,Oo 600 sum that would not begin 10
nav the expenses of q racing establishment containing
half a hundred costly animals, the great majority y.
svb,ch seem incapable of earning their feed ING
DIVERS live by betting. They have Heq s :. ~
rhked 800 600 to win fourth OF tnat sum- "nN y :
sn,l that they put up $4,000 on Hanover III 'nH
rusa, Ct,Ios N win rs 600 Yet these men never
dream of investing on every raco IL onea hapPchs
that the brothers permit two three i've or noio u,
To elapso without making wager 1hey wall
,at,ntiv for the safe thing which they know Is COM
sng sooner or later 1t is doubtful If they ever let
one of their horses run loose, but they Know thS
strength OF their stable so thoroughly that "0ubA
La difficult indeed for any Of their
for instance to surprise them by winning
Why doesn't the public learn something from these
men1 1t must be apparent to every man In his right
patrons of bOOkmakers. You will see highly moral
show under the betting stand at Monmouth PARK TO-
day Did you ever see pigs fighting for Stops Ill
ti6gaghl Sensible men-that is, sensible az home-
will fight just hand among themselves To-Day ior inc
glorious Fourth of July privilege of helping to enrich
sxty rapacous LAYERS Of ods Bereft Of all reason
for tho time being they will toll and struggle to get
within reach of the pencilers to put up their money
ON animals Of whose merits they arc as profoundly
ignorant as Jules Verne is of the inhabitants OF the
NOON
If YOU lean toward the philosophical, stand beside
ono Of the supports of the betting shed where the
crowd will not jOste you too much and Keep an eye
on the actions Of the young man and the DID, ana all
ear open TO what they say Here comes MI Easy
prey, well-lressed person OF modle age mtentiy
studying the programme In his hand he LOOKS nAe
Wall Street all and has hundred or two 70 IN
vest: something made last weok on Manhattan There
Il indecison In his manner, doubt In his eye, ana
come and expression on his countchance
IAN Industrious ofhcious, impertinent fellow II have
often wondered how this chap lives andwho owns HIM
approaches Mr. EasypIey, touches him confidently On
she shoulder and whispers, "What yer playn'f' In
voice so inspiring and helpful that the gentleman-who
Oh any other occasion might have been tempted to
knock him down-opcns his weak heart and replies
somewhat In this fashion:
81 think Una b. stands good chance She ran
an excellent the other dry at Sheepshead Then
no places himself at the mercy of the hend BY con-
tnuing: aHOw do you like ZEN. Can anything beat
my horseT
"Don' throw yer money away on that gray mare.
She's no good. Won t0ther day by Or huka In amt
bu' one boss n the race an payin him's Like pickin
up money,n tn road He amt tn favtrito nuther."
ais that 60 What do you nke2 Pm not very
familiar with the horses, confess. Is 1t Sir Joseph
/ thought he broken down."
The fish Is securely hooked gentle reeling lands
him high and dry.
aput Yer money on Pure Rye N yer safer n
l,loo far ats
Blue Wing. They sold Blue Wing N KEEP bis stable
co'panion cause he's SO much better hoss Il had
o thousan' dollar I'd put hat on Pure Rye straight
N hat place It's stealin' money, that's whut It's.
Bu then faint no wrong ter steal fro tn booAmakers
"You really think he's good" whispered Mr. Easy
prey, smiling nwardly over the soft snap he had 30
fortunately stumbled on
"Well.", exclaimed the expert angler playing hl1
victim "Pve followed racin oil n on those ten years,
N l think 1 ought ter know er good thing when l
sec it. Pure Rye's my ticket
"wen, I'll play him It's a good long shot any
way. And after all the Is Lottery. Yes, III
takc your advice and go fifty on Pure Rye"
.Better hurry then. Tn odds s bein cut down
mighty ias'. Here's twenty ter one right now II be
hileon IN less IN or mint"
they rush OF together to get a little Pure Rye.
Soon you will see the industrious fisherman maAing
Iiontica.h in tow. Plenicash is about to follow
nicndly tip and play Anal Jam, who has been running
OF Pomona 'cause SCOTS stables in tn best condi
OF any stable n America, ms shore tel GIT there
The same unconscionable rogue steers dohen numb,
skulls IN as many aaiieIent directions, ana
Sas the least one bocea4 to
the winner. After the race he stadiousiy
WSner with an assurance that nets him s. or more
according to the size Of the sum won II you would
but ali ignoramus well, aud fraud.
So far the writer knows there Is no system Of
the bookmaRer Who lays the odds being apparently in
possession Of the only sure mode OF mailing money
the favorie for place. This is known as the baby
game. 1t is true that the odds IN this case are more
is worth backing at any price Too many men let the
odds them OFF horse. They go into the bet
expecting to get ? or 8 70 against her. They are
surprised TO that to Is the best that can be had
Orvid the best horse of the lot She ought to win
this race easily The fact that she Is made not "a
a certainty" No; he does not reason at all. He
70 $50 BY and
searches about for something at better price, evenu
ay eaRs 10 and the money IS
thrown into the Golfers Of the bookmaker
dhs os y'gb al large Number of small bstors Per
haps Garrison leads more Of the faithful In his train
he scores more victories on short horses than his rivals
Let's how his hackers came out last week az seePs
mounts U In their regular order. W. it may be ex
planned, means won, while stands for lost . -
", W, W, W, o, o, W, ", W, W, o, U, q, o, y,
Tho following commentary will show how Gar
HONS hackers the sequence principle fared TAX
ing sequence Of seventeen mounts and investing
a. on each doubling the stake after each loss So
won ON Burch SS on Stuyvcsant, SIS on Dunboyne
8l5 ON Young Duke making total OF Sl04 won On
Billy brown and Thomasia there a loss of $15
Twenty dollars invested Lancaster S36, Tea
Tray returned profit Of 81, Troubadour 81, Dun
boync Hanover barred) $15, swelling the total win
nings to Sl63. Now followed five successive losses
Boaz. wonderment, Billy Brown, Elhwood md
gives the total loss $170 against S163 won leav-
Ing the bettor 81 out of pocket. tho sequence be
followed out he must invest $160 Burch, a sum
tho small fry Of the betting community does not risk
with any degree of comfort. But up II goes at TO
and urch wins the investor gets back the comfort
able Of $272, of which 81 IL Is profit This, how
ever, still leaves loss Of $685. and as Tea Tray costs
IS more the result Of the sequence Is net loss OF SO
So 1t doesn't pay after all to follow Garrison bndy.
At the same time IL may be remarked that Garrison
mover rode Ia better form than last week.
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